Bedstead construction.



PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905.

A. TAYLOR. BEDSTEAD CONSTRUCTION. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 19, 1904.

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ALFRED TAYLOR, OF VICTORIA. CANADA.

BEDSTEAD CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,173, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed July 19,1904. Serial No. 217,252.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that-LALFRED TAYLoR,a citizen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at Victoria,in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bedstead Constructions, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bedstead construction designedto reduce the weight of its framework by utilizing the frame of a springor box mattress to connect and brace together the head and foot frame ofthe bedstead. I

The invention comprises a particular form of bracket which is secured tothe corners of the mattress-frame and means by which these brackets maybe clasped to the corner-posts of the head and foot frames.

By this manner of construction I am 'enabled not only to dispensealtogether with the side bars of a bedstead by which the head and footframes are usually connected together, but also to lighten materiallythe structure of the head and foot frames themselves, as with myimprovement these frames are supported and strengthened by that of themattressframe.

My invention is fully set forth in the following specification,reference being made to the drawings which accompany it, in which Figure1 is an end viewof the head or foot of the bedstead having myattachment; Fig. 2, a bracket which supports the mattress-frame and themeans for attaching it to the cornerposts of the end frames. Fig. 3 is aplan of the latter, and Fig. 4: a detached detail of the wedging memberby which said attachment is made.

Throughout the drawings the posts of the bedstead are represented by 2,and 3 and 4 indicate in dot-and-dash lines the side and cross timbers ofthe mattress-frame. The cornerposts 2 are braced together to form thehead and foot of the bedstead by the customary light iron framework ofany approved design, but without the usual strong horizontal tie towardthe lower part. The lower member 5 of this end framework is cast intoband-chills 6 on each post in the usual manner. Secured to each end ofthe side members 3 of the mattress-frame by the same bolt which fastensthe cross-ties 4 to 3 is a bracket composed of a portion 7, extendingunder the side member 3, a portion 8, extending up the corner-post, anda connecting-web 9, through which screws 10 may further secure thebrackets to the side frames 3. Each bracket 8 where it bears against acorner-post is hollowed to conform to it and is provided with lateralprojections 11, adapted to receive between them a clasping member 12,also hollowed to fit the post and furnished with laterally-projectingwedge portions 13,designed to enter similarly-shaped recesses in thelateral projections 11 and tightly clasp the corner-posts of the headand foot frames to the brackets of the mattressframe.

In the application of the device to an ordinary spring-mattress thebrackets are secured to the corners of the mattress-frame and theclasping members 12 are placed on the corner-posts 2 of the head or footframe, with the lower edge of 12 resting on the upper shoulder of theband-chill 6. ,The portions 8 of the brackets on the mattress-frame arethen brought against the posts2andlowered down, so that wedge portions13 of the clasping member are entered in the recesses of the lateralprojections 11 of the brackets, and being pressed tightly down the heador foot frame is tightly secured to the mattressframe, and the whole isunited to form a strong substantial bedstead.

In carrying out the details of this invention my effort has been toeliminate as much as possible any fitting or machining of the frameworkof the bedstead, as such always means loss of time and consequentexpense if only in the handling of the parts. The attachingbracket hasalso been designed to be applicable to any class of mattress-frame, sothat the head and foot frames may be kept apart and applied as thecustomer may desire to any preferred form of mattress.

Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention ,whatI claim as new, and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is-

l l. The combination with a mattress-frame and corner-posts, said postseach having a horizontal bearing-shoulder, of claspingmembers adapted tofit around the outer faces of the posts and rest upon thebearing-shoulders thereof, each of said clasping members havingWedge-shaped lateral projections, a bracket secured to each end of themattress-frame and each having a portion adapted to clasp around theinner faces of the several posts and rest upon the horizontal bearing ofthe posts, said clasping portions of the brackets having wedge-shapedrecesses to engage the wedgeshaped projections on the outer claspmembers, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bedstead, the combination with a corner-post having a collarthereon, clasping members adapted to partially encircle said posts andrest upon said collar, each of said clasping members having wedge-shapedlugs on each side and formed with a flat face on each side, amattress-frame, a bracket at the corner of said mattress-frame, saidbracket having a portion to encircle the corner-posts and engage thefirst-mentioned clasp member, said bracket portion also havingoverlapping side portions to overlap the Hat faces of the claspingmembers, the inner or clasp engaging faces of said overlapping portionsof the bracket being flat and formed with internal wedge-shaped recessesto receive the wedgeshaped lugs of the first-men tioned clasp member,the post-engaging portion of said bracket resting on said post-collar,all being arranged substantially as shown and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED TAYLOR. Witnesses:

D. J. MoDoNELL, RoY E. PEABODY.

